Why Study Earth Science?
God’s command to have dominion over the earth
What is the Creation Mandate?
An idea that is assumed to be true
What is a presupposition?
a workable explanation of what the scientist thinks is happening
What is a model?
a piece of information
What is data?
A process of gathering, analyzing, and making sense of data.
What is the scientific process?
)ur role on God's earth
What is exercising good and wise dominion over God's earth?
Reason we are all valuable and important to God
What is a created in God's image?
Describes a theory or model that helps us understand the world
What is workable?
Three kinds of data
What are measured, described, and derived?
Uses observations in the present to deal with current scientific questions.
What is operational science?
The wonder of God's greatness and goodness
What is the glory of God?
A Christian worldview is based on ____
What is the Bible?
A initial explanation that guides a scientist’s research
What is a hypothesis?
New information that a scientist obtains from analyzing data
What is derived data?
Deals with questions about the unobservable past
What is historical science
The two great commandments
What is Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself? (Mark 12:30-30)?
The overall perspective that a person uses to interpret the world and upon which he makes decisions.
What is a worldview?
(what a person assumes is true about the world)
A description that may include an equation with symbols
What is a law?
A conclusion drawn from an assumed truth
What is an inference?
defining a scientific question,
What is the first step of the scientific process?
The process by which God restores all things to their original purpose of glorifying Him
What is redemption?
The three foundational points of a Christian worldview
What are Creation, Fall, and Redemption?
A well-tested explanation
What is a theory?
the collections of observations, explanations, and models produced through an organized study of nature to enable people to exercise good and wise dominion over the world
What is science?
Publishing the research
What is the final step of the scientific process?